Work & commute · Leawood

Work & commute in Leawood, KS

Most working residents leave Leawood for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Overland Park (27%), Kansas City (22%) and Lenexa (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,319 of 14,203 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,884 Leawood residents head out of town to work, 1,319 work right here, and 16,781 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leawood.

12,884live here, work elsewhere

1,319live and work here

16,781work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leawood goes to work

Overland Park3.7 mi away

27%3,898

Kansas City, MO15.6 mi away

22%3,102

Leawood (in town)right here

9%1,319

Lenexa10.4 mi away

6%807

Kansas City16.1 mi away

5%759

Olathe10.6 mi away

5%715

Prairie Village5.5 mi away

2%243

Shawnee12.3 mi away

2%238

Lawrence34.6 mi away

2%219

Topeka58.2 mi away

2%215

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%2,688

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Leawood commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

52%

35%

52%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leawood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leawood are

18,100 jobs are based in Leawood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leawood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leawood

18,100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Leawood residents hold

14,203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+21%

Jobs based in Leawood, 2013 → 2023: 14,993 → 18,100. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.